LinkedIn SDE Interview Experience | Bangalore
- Location
- Bangalore
- Experience
- 2.5 years
- Posted
- 26 Feb 2026
Summary
I interviewed for a System & Infrastructure Engineer role at LinkedIn in Bangalore, going through several technical and system design rounds, and ultimately received a rejection.
How it went
LinkedIn | System & Infrastructure Engineer
Background
• Current employer: Oracle
• Total experience: 2.5 years
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Screening (R0)
• Coding: Nested List Weight Sum II
• Core Java concepts
• SQL / NoSQL, OS basics, caching
• Quick résumé walkthrough
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Technical Round 1 (R1 – DSA)
1. Find the Celebrity
2. N-ary Tree – detect cyclic dependencies
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Technical Round 2 (R2 – DSA)
1. Variant of Word Ladder
2. Max Points on a Line
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System Design (R3)
Design a metrics platform:
• Services publish metrics
• Store, aggregate, and display on a dashboard
• Implement alerting thresholds
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Hiring Manager (R4)
• Deep dive into current projects and architecture
• Two positives and two negatives about your manager
• Why do you want to leave Oracle? Why LinkedIn?
Status: Rejected
Questions asked (6)
- 01
Nested List Weight Sum II
Data Structures & Algorithms
Open the problemI was asked a coding problem titled Nested List Weight Sum II.
- 02
Find the Celebrity
Data Structures & Algorithms
Open the problemI encountered the problem Find the Celebrity.
- 03
N-ary Tree: Detect Cyclic Dependencies
Data Structures & Algorithms
I was given a problem involving an N-ary Tree to detect cyclic dependencies.
- 04
Word Ladder Variant
Data Structures & Algorithms
Open the problemI was presented with a variant of the Word Ladder problem.
- 05
Max Points on a Line
Data Structures & Algorithms
Open the problemI had a coding problem on Max Points on a Line.
- 06
Design a Metrics Platform
System Design
I was tasked with designing a metrics platform. Key requirements included services publishing metrics, storing, aggregating, and displaying them on a dashboard, and implementing alerting thresholds.